Joe Morton

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
October 18, 1947

Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA

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Joe Morton

Biography

Joe Morton is an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy awarded role as Eli Pope in the television series Scandal, and for playing Reverend Arthur Finer on God Friended Me. Morton studied Drama at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP Narrator
2023 Trinity's Triumph Monsignor Heck
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Silas Stone
2020 Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi Self
2020 Mr. Tornado Narrator (voice)
2020 Between the World and Me Self
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dr. Houston Brooks
2019 A Million Eyes Fern
2017 Justice League Silas Stone
2017 T2: Reprogramming The Terminator Self
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Silas
2016 All the Way Roy Wilkins
2016 Brett Gelman's Dinner in America Himself
2015 Cleveland Abduction Agent Solano
2013 Home Donald Hall
2010 Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind Self
2009 The Line Hodges
2008 Grand Central Narrator
2008 Lifelines Dr. Livingston
2007 American Gangster Charlie Williams
2007 Badland Max Astin
2006 The Night Listener Ashe
2006 The Nuremberg Trials Narrator (voice)
2005 Stealth Dick Marshfield
2005 Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today Additional Voices
2005 Back in the Day Reverend Packer
2005 Lenny The Wonder Dog Dr. Island
2005 Gone But Not Forgotten Reggie Stewart
2005 Building the Alaska Highway Narrator (voice)
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Other Voices (voice)
2003 Paycheck Agent Dodge
2003 Thoughtcrimes Jon Harper
2003 Jasper, Texas Walter Diggles
2002 Dragonfly Hugh Campbell
2001 Ali Chauncey Eskridge
2001 Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar Narrator
2001 Beyond Human Narrator
2000 Bounce Jim Willer
2000 Ali: An American Hero Malcom X
2000 What Lies Beneath Dr. Drayton
1999 The Astronaut's Wife Sherman Reese
1999 The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Self - Narrator
1999 Y2K Martin Lowell
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 Cab Chamberlain
1998 Apt Pupil Dan Richler
1997 Miss Evers' Boys Dr. Sam Brodus
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
1997 The Pest Mr. Kent
1997 Trouble on the Corner Detective Bill
1996 Executive Decision Cappy
1996 Lone Star Del
1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance Gordon Thomas
1995 The Walking Dead Sgt. Barkley
1995 In the Shadow of Evil Lt. Royce
1995 American Cinema Narrator
1994 Speed Capt. McMahon
1994 The Inkwell Kenny Tate
1994 Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance Narrator
1993 The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's Narrator
1993 T2: More Than Meets the Eye Self
1992 Forever Young Cameron
1992 Of Mice and Men Crooks
1992 Legacy of Lies Samuel Flowers
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Miles Dyson
1991 City of Hope Winn
1991 The Good Policeman Sweets Montgomery
1990 The Lost Platoon World War II soldier
1990 Challenger Dr. Ronald McNair
1989 Tap Nicky
1989 Making a Case for Murder Cederic Sandiford
1988 Alone in the Neon Jungle Ken Fraker
1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami Tandy
1988 Zelly & Me Earl
1988 Police Story: Burnout Sgt. Jeff Allen
1988 The Good Mother Frank Williams
1987 Stranded Sheriff McMahon
1986 Crossroads Scratch's Assistant
1985 Trouble in Mind Solo
1984 The Brother from Another Planet The Brother
1984 A Good Sport Lionel Zachary
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther Charlie
1982 The Clairvoyant Detective Rich
1981 We're Fighting Back Elgin Jones
1980 Death Penalty William Terry
1979 Lawman Without a Gun Louis
1979 ...And Justice for All Prison Doctor
1977 Between the Lines Ahmed
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator Narrator
NOVA: Addiction
Year TV Show Role
2025 Going Dutch General Davidson
2022 Inside the Black Box
2022 Sherri Self - Guest
2022 The U.S. and the Holocaust (voice)
2021 Our Kind of People Teddy Franklin
2021 Hemingway Ralph Ellison (voice)
2019 Tamron Hall Self - Guest
2019 The Politician Marcus Standish
2018 God Friended Me Arthur Finer
2015 Proof Dr. Charles Russell
2015 Grace and Frankie Jason
2012 Coma Nelson
2012 Scandal Eli 'Rowan' Pope
2009 Warehouse 13 Reverend John Hill
2009 White Collar Kyle Bancroft
2009 The Good Wife Daniel Golden
2006 Brothers and Sisters Peter Madsen
2006 Eureka Henry Deacon
2005 Numb3rs
2005 E-Ring Steven Algazi
2004 CSI: NY Dwight Hillborne
2004 Boston Legal Attorney Steve Duprey
2004 The Jury
2004 House Gary Wright
2003 Whoopi Martin James
2001 Smallville Steven Hamilton
2001 Africa Narrator
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ray Bevins
1998 Mercy Point Dr. Grote Maxwell
1997 The Practice
1997 Prince Street
1997 Dellaventura Councilman Caulder
1995 Under One Roof Ron Langston
1995 New York News Mitch Cotter
1994 Touched by an Angel Jake Stone
1994 New York Undercover
1994 Touched by an Angel Martin Hunter
1993 The X-Files Martin Wells
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street Sam Thorne
1993 TriBeCa
1993 The Great Depression Self - Narrator (voice)
1990 Law & Order Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
1990 Equal Justice Mike James
1990 Law & Order Roland Books
1988 American Experience Narrator (voice)
1987 A Different World Byron Douglas III
1985 The Equalizer Slate
1985 The Equalizer Carter Brock
1984 Miami Vice Lt. Jack Davis
1982 Nature Narrator (voice)
1978 Watch Your Mouth Mr. Raymond Geeter
1976 What's Happening!!
1975 Grady Hal Marshall
1974 NOVA Narrator
1974 NOVA Additional Narration
1972 M*A*S*H Captain Saunders
1972 Sanford and Son
1966 Mission: Impossible Clerk
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